Mountain Words

Millrace editions are without doubt the most classically beautiful books we publish. This is a brand new, pristine condition edition. Very difficult to print and publish books of this quality anymore while still making them affordable.

Hardback with bespoke paper dust jacket, head and tail bands, classic Wibalim branded endpapers.

An original first edition Millrace title

Perfect condition, hardback with dust jacket.

An original first edition Millrace title

Mountaineering literature, with its cast of heroes and eccentrics and everything from high drama to understated wit, is collected almost as eagerly as the routes and summits themselves. For such enthusiasts, Graham Wilson and Chris Harle have teamed up to produce Mountain Words, a book that is entertaining, informative and provides an invaluable round-up of British hill and crag writing over the last 25 years.

Part I of Mountain Words is a series of essays on mountain literature by Graham Wilson, shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for his earlier book A Rope of Writers. Part II is a detailed bibliography by climber and bookseller Chris Harle of over 250 British mountain and hill books published between 1983 and 2008. Each entry contains the usual bibliographic details and a short description of the content. For a title to be included, Harle and Wilson decided it had to be the sort of book you would settle down to read – including fiction, biography, history, humour – rather than a straightforward guidebook. Also included is a list of all Boardman Tasker prize winners and short-listed books since the award began in 1983, and a list of the authors' Top Fifty recommended books published before 1983.